2018 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A
The 2018 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A (officially the Brasileirão Assaí 2018 for sponsorship reasons) was the 62nd season of the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, the top level of professional football in Brazil, and the 15th edition in a double round-robin since its establishment in 2003. The season began on 14 April 2018 and ended on 2 December 2018. The top six teams as well as the 2018 Copa do Brasil champions qualified to the Copa Libertadores. The next six best-placed teams not qualified for Copa Libertadores qualified for the Copa Sudamericana and the last four were relegated to Série B in 2019.
Palmeiras won their 10th title, which is the most titles in the tournament.
Teams
América Mineiro
Atlético Mineiro
Cruzeiro
Rio de Janeiro teams:
Botafogo
Flamengo
Fluminense
Vasco da Gama
São Paulo teams:
Corinthians
Palmeiras
São Paulo
Twenty teams competed in the league – the top sixteen teams from the previous season, as well as four teams promoted from the Série B.
América Mineiro became the first club to be promoted after a 1–2 win against Figueirense on 11 November 2017.[1] Internacional was promoted on 14 November 2017,[2] and Paraná and Ceará were promoted on 18 November 2017.[3][4]
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Number of teams by state
Number of teams | State | Team(s) |
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4 | Rio de Janeiro | Botafogo, Flamengo, Fluminense and Vasco da Gama |
São Paulo | Corinthians, Palmeiras, Santos and São Paulo | |
3 | Minas Gerais | América Mineiro, Atlético Mineiro and Cruzeiro |
2 | Bahia | Bahia and Vitória |
Paraná | Atlético Paranaense and Paraná | |
Rio Grande do Sul | Grêmio and Internacional | |
1 | Ceará | Ceará |
Pernambuco | Sport | |
Santa Catarina | Chapecoense |
Stadiums and locations
Personnel and kits
Managerial changes
Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
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Sport | Nelsinho Baptista | Resigned | 24 April[5] | 17th | Claudinei Oliveira | 25 April[6] |
Ceará | Marcelo Chamusca | Sacked | 20 May[7] | 19th | Jorginho | 21 May[8] |
Corinthians | Fábio Carille | Signed by Al-Wehda | 22 May[9] | 4th | Osmar Loss | 23 May[9] |
Vasco da Gama | Zé Ricardo | Resigned | 2 June[10] | 12th | Valdir Bigode (caretaker) | 2 June[11] |
Bahia | Guto Ferreira | Sacked | 3 June[12] | 18th | Cláudio Prates (caretaker) | 4 June[12] |
Ceará | Jorginho | Resigned | 4 June[13] | 20th | Lisca | 4 June[14] |
Vasco da Gama | Valdir Bigode | End of caretaker tenure | 6 June | 13th | Jorginho | 7 June[15] |
Fluminense | Abel Braga | Resigned | 16 June[16] | 12th | Marcelo Oliveira | 22 June[17] |
América Mineiro | Enderson Moreira | Signed by Bahia | 16 June[18] | 13th | Ricardo Drubscky | 19 June[19] |
Bahia | Cláudio Prates | End of caretaker tenure | 16 June | 17th | Enderson Moreira | 16 June[18] |
Botafogo | Alberto Valentim | Resigned | 19 June[20] | 9th | Marcos Paquetá | 26 June[21] |
Atlético Paranaense | Fernando Diniz | Sacked | 25 June[22] | 18th | Tiago Nunes | 27 June[23] |
América Mineiro | Ricardo Drubscky | 24 July[24] | 17th | Adílson Batista | 24 July[24] | |
Santos | Jair Ventura | 26 July | 15th | Cuca | 29 July | |
Palmeiras | Roger Machado | 26 July[25] | 6th | Luiz Felipe Scolari | 26 July[26] | |
Vitória | Vágner Mancini | 28 July | 16th | Paulo César Carpegiani | 14 August | |
Botafogo | Marcos Paquetá | 1 August | 11th | Zé Ricardo | 3 August | |
Chapecoense | Gilson Kleina | 6 August | 16th | Guto Ferreira | 6 August | |
Sport | Claudinei Oliveira | Resigned | 12 August | 14th | Eduardo Baptista | 15 August |
Vasco da Gama | Jorginho | Sacked | 13 August | 15th | Alberto Valentim | 27 August |
Paraná | Rogério Micale | 14 August | 20th | Claudinei Oliveira | 15 August | |
Corinthians | Osmar Loss | Resigned | 5 September | 8th | Jair Ventura | 6 September |
Sport | Eduardo Baptista | Sacked | 24 September | 14th | Milton Mendes | 26 September |
Flamengo | Mauricio Barbieri | 28 September | 4th | Dorival Júnior | 28 September | |
Chapecoense | Guto Ferreira | 15 October | 17th | Claudinei Oliveira | 16 October | |
Paraná | Claudinei Oliveira | Signed by Chapecoense | 16 October | 20th | Dado Cavalcanti | 17 October |
Atlético Mineiro | Thiago Larghi | Sacked | 17 October | 6th | Levir Culpi | 17 October |
América Mineiro | Adílson Batista | 10 November | 18th | Givanildo Oliveira | 11 November | |
Fluminense | Marcelo Oliveira | 29 November | 14th | Fábio Moreno | 29 November |
Foreign players
The clubs can have a maximum of five foreign players in their Campeonato Brasileiro squads per match, but there is no limit of foreigners in the clubs' squads.
- 1 Players holding Brazilian dual nationality.
Standings
League table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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1 | Palmeiras (C) | 38 | 23 | 11 | 4 | 64 | 26 | +38 | 80 | Qualification for Copa Libertadores group stage |
2 | Flamengo | 38 | 21 | 9 | 8 | 59 | 29 | +30 | 72 | |
3 | Internacional | 38 | 19 | 12 | 7 | 51 | 29 | +22 | 69 | |
4 | Grêmio | 38 | 18 | 12 | 8 | 48 | 27 | +21 | 66 | |
5 | São Paulo | 38 | 16 | 15 | 7 | 46 | 34 | +12 | 63 | Qualification for Copa Libertadores second stage |
6 | Atlético Mineiro | 38 | 17 | 8 | 13 | 56 | 43 | +13 | 59 | |
7 | Atlético Paranaense | 38 | 16 | 9 | 13 | 54 | 37 | +17 | 57 | Qualification for Copa Libertadores group stage[lower-alpha 1] |
8 | Cruzeiro | 38 | 14 | 11 | 13 | 34 | 34 | 0 | 53 | Qualification for Copa Libertadores group stage[lower-alpha 2] |
9 | Botafogo | 38 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 38 | 46 | −8 | 51 | Qualification for Copa Sudamericana first stage |
10 | Santos | 38 | 13 | 11 | 14 | 46 | 40 | +6 | 50 | |
11 | Bahia | 38 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 39 | 41 | −2 | 48 | |
12 | Fluminense | 38 | 12 | 9 | 17 | 32 | 46 | −14 | 45 | |
13 | Corinthians | 38 | 11 | 11 | 16 | 34 | 35 | −1 | 44 | |
14 | Chapecoense | 38 | 11 | 11 | 16 | 34 | 50 | −16 | 44 | |
15 | Ceará | 38 | 10 | 14 | 14 | 32 | 38 | −6 | 44 | |
16 | Vasco da Gama | 38 | 10 | 13 | 15 | 41 | 48 | −7 | 43 | |
17 | Sport (R) | 38 | 11 | 9 | 18 | 35 | 57 | −22 | 42 | Relegation to Campeonato Brasileiro Série B |
18 | América Mineiro (R) | 38 | 10 | 10 | 18 | 30 | 47 | −17 | 40 | |
19 | Vitória (R) | 38 | 9 | 10 | 19 | 36 | 63 | −27 | 37 | |
20 | Paraná (R) | 38 | 4 | 11 | 23 | 18 | 57 | −39 | 23 |
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) wins; 3) goal difference; 4) goals scored; 5) head-to-head results; 6) least red cards received; 7) least yellow cards received; 8) draw.
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated.
Notes:
- Atlético Paranaense qualified for the Copa Libertadores group stage by winning the 2018 Copa Sudamericana.
- Cruzeiro qualified for the Copa Libertadores group stage by winning the 2018 Copa do Brasil.
Results
Attendance
Average home attendances
- As of 1 December 2018
Ranked from highest to lowest average attendance.[27]
Pos. | Team | Stadium | GP | Cumulative | Average |
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1 | Flamengo | Maracanã | 19 | 895,641 | 47,139 |
2 | São Paulo | Morumbi | 19 | 652,080 | 34,320 |
3 | Palmeiras | Allianz Parque | 19 | 614,764 | 32,356 |
4 | Corinthians | Arena Corinthians | 19 | 595,973 | 31,367 |
5 | Ceará | Castelão | 19 | 533,482 | 28,078 |
6 | Internacional | Beira-Rio | 19 | 526,319 | 27,701 |
7 | Grêmio | Arena do Grêmio | 19 | 423,016 | 22,264 |
8 | Bahia | Fonte Nova | 19 | 366,985 | 19,315 |
9 | Atletico Mineiro | Independência | 19 | 326,363 | 17,177 |
10 | Vasco da Gama | São Januário | 19 | 282,720 | 14,880 |
11 | Fluminense | Maracanã | 19 | 274,702 | 14,458 |
12 | Cruzeiro | Mineirão | 19 | 257,146 | 13,534 |
13 | Botafogo | Nilton Santos | 19 | 219,811 | 11,569 |
14 | Sport | Ilha do Retiro | 19 | 217,132 | 11,428 |
15 | Santos | Vila Belmiro | 19 | 200,925 | 10,575 |
16 | Atletico Paranaense | Arena da Baixada | 19 | 200,830 | 10,570 |
17 | Chapecoense | Arena Condá | 19 | 178,429 | 9,391 |
18 | Vitória | Barradão | 19 | 174,439 | 9,181 |
19 | Paraná | Vila Capanema | 19 | 118,218 | 6,222 |
20 | America Mineiro | Independência | 19 | 93,043 | 4,897 |
– | Total | 380 | 7,152,235 | 18,821 |
Season statistics
Top scorers
Source: Globoesporte.com |
AssistsSource: ESPN Deportes |
Hat-tricks
Player | For | Against | Result | Date | Ref. |
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Rodrygo | Santos | Vitória | 5–2 | 3 June 2018 | [28] |
Ángel Romero | Corinthians | Vasco da Gama | 4–1 | 29 July 2018 | [29] |
Gabriel Barbosa | Santos | Vasco da Gama | 3–0 | 1 September 2018 | [30] |
Clean sheets
Rank | Player | Club | Clean sheets |
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1 | Santos | Atlético Paranaense | 15 |
2 | Vanderlei | Santos | 14 |
3 | Júlio César | Fluminense | 13 |
Éverson | Ceará | ||
5 | Marcelo Grohe | Grêmio | 12 |
Sidão | São Paulo | ||
Weverton | Palmeiras | ||
8 | Diego Alves | Flamengo | 11 |
Douglas Friedrich | Bahia | ||
Victor | Atlético Mineiro | ||
Source: FoxSports.com
Awards
Team of the year
Annual awards
Award | Winner | Club |
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Manager of the Year | Luiz Felipe Scolari | Palmeiras |
Player of the Year | Dudu | Palmeiras |
Goal of the Year | Éverton Ribeiro, round 37 vs. Cruzeiro (8') | Flamengo |
Fan-Selected Player of the Year | Gustavo Cuéllar | Flamengo |
Young Player of the Year | Pedro | Fluminense |
Fair Play Team of the Year | Corinthians | – |
Referee of the Year | Raphael Claus | – |
Source Globo
Last updated: 3 December 2018
References
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- "Em jogo fraco, Inter empata com o Oeste em Barueri e garante retorno a Série A" (in Portuguese). Globo. 14 November 2017.
- "Paraná vence o CRB, resultados ajudam, e time garante o acesso antecipado à Série A" (in Portuguese). Globo. 18 November 2017.
- "Com a Série A garantida, Ceará empata com o Criciúma no Heriberto Hülse" (in Portuguese). Globo. 18 November 2017.
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- "Claudinei Oliveira assume o comando do Sport" (in Portuguese). Destak. 25 April 2018. Retrieved 29 May 2018.
- "Ceará demite Marcelo Chamusca, 2º treinador a perder emprego no Brasileirão" (in Portuguese). ESPN Brasil. 20 May 2018. Retrieved 29 May 2018.
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